Role of the Hoggar massif in the West African monsoon onset

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Sultan, Benjamin ^b   Janicot, Serge ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STORMS; WIND;

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; HEAT LOW; MONSOON; OROGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 16344387404     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020710     Document Type: Article

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